Hey. I was considering looking into buying a catfish for my tank. I'm absolutely in love with gulper cats but plan to have a 55g in the future solely for 1-3 of them so that's out of the question in my current tank, as I don't want a gulper eating any of my current inhabitants. I like roundish bodied fatter catfish (similar to the gulper catfish's look) with the whiskers. I don't like the slender longish body shapes or shovel nose aesthetics.
Current tank and stock:
125g standard 6ft tank. Very open. No caves, rocks or anything. Just a thin layer of crushed coral, 2 fake plants, and some medium river rocks around the plants to keep them anchored down.
-1 Red Oscar 8-9"
-1 Mono Pbass 7-8"
-7 Silver Dollar 5"
-6 More Silver Dollar growing out in a 40g atm and will be introduced once they are at a size they won't be eaten by the Oscar
-1 6" Clown Knife also growing out in a 40g until he is fattened up (was very thin and scarce looking when ordered from the lfs) and a decent size to add into the tank. I'll be providing some sort of caves when he goes in. Likely in the form of the basic cichlid cave upside down bowls with the single door.
Future plans for a tank include a 360g plywood build once I move to Ohio. No point in starting anything so big if I plan to be moving by the end of the year.
Any suggestions for a cool SINGLE (non schooling) catfish species that would grow a decent size, but not too big, and would be non aggressive enough to hang with the rest of my stock? It goes without saying, please no one say RTC TSN or Gulper.
Random note. I've seen a fellow acquaintance online that had some species of bullhead in his tank w/ three O but the bullhead seemed very aggressive with the O and had to be removed. I do like the aethetic LOOKS of the bullhead though. Short, fat body. Rounded. Etc.
Current tank and stock:
125g standard 6ft tank. Very open. No caves, rocks or anything. Just a thin layer of crushed coral, 2 fake plants, and some medium river rocks around the plants to keep them anchored down.
-1 Red Oscar 8-9"
-1 Mono Pbass 7-8"
-7 Silver Dollar 5"
-6 More Silver Dollar growing out in a 40g atm and will be introduced once they are at a size they won't be eaten by the Oscar
-1 6" Clown Knife also growing out in a 40g until he is fattened up (was very thin and scarce looking when ordered from the lfs) and a decent size to add into the tank. I'll be providing some sort of caves when he goes in. Likely in the form of the basic cichlid cave upside down bowls with the single door.
Future plans for a tank include a 360g plywood build once I move to Ohio. No point in starting anything so big if I plan to be moving by the end of the year.
Any suggestions for a cool SINGLE (non schooling) catfish species that would grow a decent size, but not too big, and would be non aggressive enough to hang with the rest of my stock? It goes without saying, please no one say RTC TSN or Gulper.
Random note. I've seen a fellow acquaintance online that had some species of bullhead in his tank w/ three O but the bullhead seemed very aggressive with the O and had to be removed. I do like the aethetic LOOKS of the bullhead though. Short, fat body. Rounded. Etc.
